I just installed mint on my new thinkpad laptop. Really love it! The only issue is the low battery life. I heard from a friend who has Ubuntu, that bumblebee app helps to save a lot of battery on laptops with Nvidia Optimus graphic cards.

Why can't I find bumblebee in the Mint software manager? Sadly I dont really know much about linux or command line tools. Could someone be so nice to give step by step instructions on how to install it in Mint.

I would highly recommend it to users with new NVIDIA Optimus graphic cards. In my case I get 40 minutes extra battery life, the cpu temperature dropped 10 C from 50 to 40 and the fan running speed from 4000 to less than 2000 rpm.